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"18-SEER" overkill ???

My cousin and her husband purchased a new construction home in maryland
in "2000".
Their "10" seer unit's compresser failed last september.
Cousin's husband is an engineer not sure what type he researches everything. He found out who was the most reputable contracter in his area was.He did not want to deal with "LOW-BALLERS"
Their house had a furnace in the basement with an "A-coil"
He had a high efficiency furnace in stalled may have been a condensing furnace because his gas heat bill reflected a savings compared to previous winter.
He also went with a very high seer unit. He did'nt care about the "UP-FRONT"
expense.
He claims that his electric bill also reflected a savings.

An 18 SEER doesn't have a good ROI over a 16 SEER. But can provide better comfort.

The upgrade price from an Infinity 16 to the 19 was slight to me, but my contractor told me that in the setup I needed the effective SEER (15.5->16) and HSPF (8.9->9.0 IIRC) was not going to be worth it in the end. Should I have upgraded to the 19 for the scroll compressor or am I good with the 16?